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yikes . . . ch . . . this may be a LITTLE extreme--I didn't detect that tone in Kim's post I'm on a couple of lists where anything not conforming to the newsgroup subject is summarily executed . . . the list admins job is to keep things on topic--Kim merely asked that we keep things on topic one of those cases where e-mail is not a good communications medium--you can't detect the facial expressions and nuances that make you distinguish a gentle rebuke from a "rant"--IMHO Kim's response was not a rant all the best, Tom Lambrecht hideo@concentric.net -----Original Message----- From: chalchiuhtlicue <chalchiuhtlicue@hotmail.com> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 6:41 PM Subject: Get Over Yourself (was Re: Elixir Strung-outs) >jeeze, it's not like these guys were exchanging urls for pay porn sites. they >were talking shop -- loopers discussing an instrument they use in looping. >the list name, which you patronizingly pointed out, is "looper's delight". >how is that so off-topic? > >in fact, in this whole thread, your own post makes you look most like who you >describe when you insult half the people on this list -- a ranting, >self-important, calloused jerk. > >if this is the sort of tone you wish to set here then unsubscribe me. because >it is you who are off-topic. at least until you change the list name to >Loopers-Full-Of-Themselves. > >thanks, >ch > >> >>strings, >> > >> > blahblahblah >> > >> > usually when I make some comment about off-topicness, I make a joke about >> > the guitar players boring the life out of everybody else by talking about >> > their strings. As you all can see though, this is a very real danger! We >> > must be ever vigilent. I don't know what it is about guitar players, for >> > some reason they are just oblivous to the fact that not everybody >wants to >> > hear them 100% of the time. They do this in bands (you've heard the >> > jokes...) and they do it on mailing lists. You put a few of them together >> > and they start babbling about picks and tube amps and strings and tuning >> > pegs and whatever, completely ignoring the topic. You don't even get >so >> > much as an apology or an "excuse me for being off topic"! >> > >> > So as yet another reminder, this list is about looping. (hence the >> > name....). Let's try to veer back that way. Many, many people here do not >> > play guitar, or are not interested in discussing it here. The thing that >> > everyone is commonly here to discuss is looping. Try to stick to that. >> > There are numerous places for guitar discussions, this is it for looping. >> > Let's try to keep the SNR a little higher..... >> > >> > thanks, >> > kim >> > >> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ >> > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight >> > kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html >> > http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com >> > >> > >> >> > >